Ash receiver



INVENTOR. MM

ATTORNEY Jan. 3, 1939.

D. HELLER ASH RECEIVER Filed March 22, 1937 Patented Jan. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES 2,142,647 ASH RECEIVER,

David Heller, New York, N. Y.

Application March 22,

8 Claims.

This invention relates to smokers articles. More particularly it relates to improved ash-tray construction. One of the objects of my invention is to provide an ash-tray adapted for use on a table and provided with means for converting the same into a smokers stand.

Another object of my invention is to provide an ash-tray of the character described, having an extensible support therefor and means for maintaining the support in said extended position.

Still another object of my invention is to provide an ash-tray of the character described, which shall comprise few and simple parts, which shall be easy to assemble, inexpensive to manufacture, which shall be rugged in construction, neat in appearance and yet operate with a high degree of eiiiciency.

Other objects of my invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

These and other features of the invention will be bestunderstood and appreciated from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, selected for the purposes of illustration, and shown in the accompanying drawing in which I Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly sectional, of an ash-tray construction embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ash-tray shown in Fig. 1, but illustrating the ash-tray in nested, collapsed position; and having parts broken away to disclose the inner construction thereof;

Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly sectional, of a portion of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-43 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. '7 is a detail view, partly sectional, of a modified form of extensible support construction.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 3, there is disclosed an ash-tray I I] of any desirable shape and size and made of any suitable material generally employed for ash-trays. Into this ash-tray there may be placed the usual removable receptacle (not shown) for removing the ashes therefrom.

By my invention I have provided a construction by means of which. the ash-tray I may be employed as an ash-tray of the customary table type, and if desired may be converted into a smokers stand adapted for use on the floor.

1937, Serial No. 132,211

To accomphsh this, I have provided a base member I I and an intermediate support I2,interconnecting said base II and said ash-tray III. The support I2 is designed to be extensible, and may comprise a plurality of nestable tubes I to 5 I9 which may be of any suitable cross sectional contour such as the circular type shown in the drawing, or any other desirable cross sectional shape. The uppermost tube I9 may be permanently attached to the ash-tray I0 as shown, l0-- while the lowermost tube I5 may be rigidly fixed to said base member II. The base II may be provided with a hollow portion adapted to be filled with buck'shot or any other suitable material to weight the same to provide a substantial 15 base in order to properly support the ash-tray I0 in extended position as shown in Fig. 1.. The base II may also be provided with a recessed centrally disposed area designed to receive therein the ash-tray ID to form a neat appearing ash-tray unit for table use when in collapsed or nested position, as shown in Fig. 3. It is noted that the ash-tray I0 is provided with an indented centrally disposed portion 26 surrounding the tube I9 of a size suflicient to clear the tube I5 to permit the nesting of the ash-tray I0 within the base H. When it is desired to extend the ashtray III from its collapsed position, as shown in Fig. 3, to the extended position shown in Fig. 1, adapted for floor use as a smokers stand, it is merely necessary to grasp the tray I0 and pull upwardly to extend the nested support I2.

To retain the support I2 in extended position, as shown in Fig. 1, I have provided the following construction: In Figs. 4 to 6 I have shown in detail the construction of the tubular member I6, which is typical of the construction of all the tubes of the support I2. Each tubular member is provided on the outer wall thereof, with a projecting pin 30, andon the inner wall thereof, with a longitudinal groove 3| of predetermined depth, extending from the bottom edge upwardly to a point adjacent the upper edge, where the groove communicates with a second spur groove 32 at an angle to the groove 3|. In assembling the support I2, the tube I6 is inserted into the tube I5 from the bottom upwardly with the pin 30 engaging in the groove 3Ia of the tube I5. It is seen that the projection 30 will strike the upper wall of the groove 32 to limit the upward distance of the movement of the tube I6. If the tube I6 is then turned in a clockwise direction with respect to Fig. 1, the pin 30 will engage in the spur groove 32 and prevent the downward movement of the tube IS in the tube I5. In a similar manner to that described. above, the tube I1 is inserted into the tube It and the pin 30a caused to travel in the groove 3| until it reaches the spur groove 32, and upon turning of the tube I I it will remain locked in open position, and so on with respect to the tubes I8 and I9. If desired, the tube I! may be a solid rod member. For collapsing the support I2, it is merely necessary to grasp the ash-tray Ill and turn the same in a counter-clockwise direction until all the pins are in alignment with their cooperating grooves, and then press gently downwardly to nest the tubes ii to l9 and the tray ill within the base II.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified construction of means for maintaining the support I2 in extended position, comprising a tube 40 disposed transversely of the tube i6a adjacent the bottom edge thereof and attached by such means as soldering, to the inner wall of the tube lid. The tube is provided with a central wall I dividing the tube into two compartments, in each of which is a ball I, normally pressed outwardly by a spring 43. The balls 42 are adapted to engage in suitably disposed apertures 45 in the walls of the next adjacent lower tube lia.

If desired, means may be provided for limiting the downward nesting movement of one tube within the other. To this end I have provided on the inner walls of the tubes l8, l1 and i8, slight pin projections lid, Ila and "a respectively, which are preferably positioned in the grooves 3|, Sid and 3lb of the said tubes I6, I! and i8. It is thus seen that upon collapsing the extensible support II, the tube I! will travel downwardly with the pin 30c mounted thereon, in the groove Slb oi the tube It until the pin 30c abuts the projection Na in the said groove 3). Similarly the pins 30b and no will be limited in their downward travel by the projections "a and lie respectively. The tubes may be provided with the projections ISa, I10 and ila after or during the operation of assembling the nestable tubes.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein described the principle and operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means. Also, while it is designed to use the various features and elements in the combination and relations described, some of these may be altered and others omitted without interfering with the more general results outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, an ash-tray, an extensible support, a base and means for attaching said ash-tray to said support, said base being so constructed and arranged that the said support and said ash tray are adapted to be nested within said base.

2. In combination, an ash-tray, an extensible support, a base and means for attaching said ash-tray to one end of said support, said base being so constructed and arranged that the said support and said ash tray are adapted to be nested within said base.

3. In combination, an ash-tray, an extensible support, a base, means for attaching said ashtray to one end of said support, and means for attaching said base to the other end of said support, said base being so constructed and arranged that the said support and said ash tray are adapted to be nested within said base.

4. In combination, an ash-tray, an extensible support, a base and means for attaching said ashtray to said support, said support comprising a plurality of nestable members, said base being so constructed and arranged that the said support and said ash tray are adapted to be nested within said base.

5. In combination, an'ash-tray, an extensible support, a base, means for attaching one end 0! said support to said ash-tray, means for attaching the other end of said'support to said base, said support comprising a plurality of nestable members, adapted when in nested position to be entirely received in said base.

6. In combination, an ash-tray, an extensible support, a base, a tubular member mounted on 'said base, means for attaching one end of said support to said ash-tray, said support comprising a plurality of nestable members adapted when in nested position to be entirely received in said tubular member.

7. In combination, an ash-tray, an extensible support, a base, a member mounted on said base, means for attaching one end of said support to said ash-tray, said support comprising a plurality of nestable members adapted when in nested position to be received in said member.

8. -In combination, an ash-tray, a base, an extensible support comprising a plurality of nestable members, the first of said nestable members being fastened to said ash-tray, the last of said' 

